While the television programs never materialized, the book Miller composed from his unprecedented conversations offers an intimate and riveting portrait of one of America's most remarkable presidents, illuminating Truman's early political career and surprising path to the White House, as well as the critical events and momentous decisions that shaped his years in power. He also interviewed many people who had been close to Truman from his childhood in Independence, Missouri through his years in Washington. In the early 1960s, as preparation for a ill-fated series of television series, Miller talked in complete frankness with the former president for hundreds of hours over several months. Truman took the tradition of plain speaking back to Missouri with him."įortunately for history, Merle Miller followed. The Washington columnist Mary McGrory once wrote, " Since Harry Truman left town almost nobody has spoken his mind. Vintage Mass Market Paperback in Good (G) condition.
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